On 23-26 June 2026, several C4DM researchers took part at the 2026 International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME 2025). Once again, this year's edition had Bela as an official sponsor.
As in previous years, C4DM had a strong presence at the conference, both in terms of numbers and overall impact, including many contributions by C4DM alumni! Ben Gaster captured current and past C4DM members in the photo on the left. (Thank you, Ben!)
The below papers, workshops and performances were authored or co-authored by C4DM members:
Papers
- Latent Terrain: Adapting Neural Audio Autoencoders as Design Materials in NIME, by Shuoyang Jasper Zheng; Keigo Yoshida; Nico García-Peguinho; Jiatong Liu; Dan Hearn; Anna Xambó Sedó; Nick Bryan-Kinns
- RenCon 2025: Revival of Expressive Performance Rendering Competition, by Huan Zhang; Taegyun Kwon; Anders Freiburg; Junyan Jiang; Hayeon Bang; Hyeyoon Cho; Gus Xia; Akira Maezawa; Simon Dixon; Dasaem Jeong
- Algorithmic Drum Machine with Light Dependent Timbre Control, by Nikhil Bullock; Charalampos Saitis; Anna Xambó
- Performing Sequences: Interaction and Instrumentality in the Design of a Performable Sequencing System, by Roberto Chiurazzi; Anna Xambó; Charalampos Saitis
Workshops
- From Tacit to Tokenised: Critical Perspectives on AI Text-to-Audio Interfaces, by Charalampos Saitis; Fabio Morreale; Landon Morrison; Ashley Noel-Hirst; Rebecca Fiebrink; Joseph Meyer; Courtney N. Reed
- Data Knot: Machine Learning for low latency real-time performance, by Rodrigo Constanzo; Jordie Shier
Performance
- Sensing the Alice Holt Forest, by Anna Xambó Sedó